The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-05-20
CARE OF THE SKIN.
When and How to Bath and What
Kind OF Soap to Use,

when and How to Bath and What
Kind OF Soap to Use.
Another of the series of popular
lectures to nurses was delivered yester.
day in the University hospital by Dr.
Henry W. Stellwagon, the subject be-
ing The Care of the Skin" The de.
livery of the subject occupied an hour.
and the greater part of that time was
devoted to an explanation of the re-
spoctive functions of the epidermis,
dermis, papillary layers, and sub
CutaneOus nerves and tissues. The cor.
relative relations and specific action Of
each were illustrated by q diagram,
and notes of the lecture were taken by
the nurses who attended and many
others in an audience composed almost
exclusively of ladies. The second head
Of the lecture dwelt with the proper
care of the skin, and in this connection
the lecture said:
The condition of the skin depends
| to Il great extent on the way we live.
If we 90 to bed at 2 o'clock in the
morning and eat late suppers the system
is affected and diseased skin is the re-
suit We should also be careful Of our
food and eat only that which is not
prejudicial to the action and functions
of the component parts of the skin.
Some people can not eat shell-tish with
out inducing what are known as hives,
and in other cases some kinds of ani-
NAL food will react injuriously in this
respect also. Bathing is an essential
feature in the proper treatment Of the
skin. The human body exhales by
perspiration from two to three pints
daily, and this, together with the dust
that settles upon the skin, is cal
| culated to have an injurious effect BY
stopping up the pores We have several
kinds of baths, among which are The
| sponge, the tub, the hot air, and the
vapor. Taking it for granted, as we
must, that bathing promotes heathy
and invgorated action of the skin. the
question arises: How often is il ne
Cessary to battle? This depends both
! on the individual and the nature OF the
bath. Some people who perspire free
| lv, find it necessary TO bathe daily, 9TH
ers require bath only three or four
! times week. Taken indiscriminately,
the Turkish and Russian bath are unsafe
and may in certain conditions be pos
| itively dangerous. In cases of heart
disease, tendency to apoplexy or con-
CONGESTION of the brain Russian or
Turkish baths are exceedingly unsafe
and rs a general rule it may be stated
that this class of bath should never be
! indulged in without the advice OF a
| physician. The tub bath suits most .ot
us. bnt the temperature in every case
| should be high enough to prevent chlhs'
and this remark applies also to sponge
baths. which are the safest. and may
with advantage. be taken every day.
Another question OF Importance y
that of soap. There are several es
sentials to good soap, one OF when
| is that it have sufficient alkali and an
other that it may be made OF the pur-
| est fat. If there be an excess OF alkaii
the effect on the sin must be injurious
by causing an irritation OF the cutlcle'
4 One good soap is the old white castlle,
and to this the tranparent Engl sh soap
! is sad by some eminent authorities 10
rank next. A general principle may
be applied with advantage IN this mai
ter of soap, and that is to avoid pur-
chasing cheap article. Do not puy
| cheap soap. for the chances are that
you will get bad ore, while If, on tne
other hand, you purchase an expensive
soap, you may reasonably expect tnas
it will be good. - Philadelphia ltnsT
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